Working: Why Anything Is Possible on HBO’s Los Espookys

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🗓️ 19 July 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week, host June Thomas talks to Julio Torres, Ana Fabrega, and Fred Armisen, creators of the HBO show Los Espookys. The three comedians talk about what it was like to craft a bilingual TV show with dialogue in both English and Spanish and why the show isn’t set in a particular country. They also discuss the show’s supernatural elements, which intentionally lack specific rules and logic. After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler help a listener who’s feeling unproductive in her new workplace. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to [email protected]. And if you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. It’s only $35 for the first year, and you can get a free two-week trial. Sign up now to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Braylock I'm Dr. Milligan and I'm James the third and we're the
0:08.8	host of Blackman can't jump in Hollywood it's a comedic podcast that reviews
0:12.2	films with leading actors of color and analyze them in the context of race and Hollywood's diversity issues.
0:17.5	Yeah, listen to new episodes on Mondays.
0:20.0	Find us wherever you get your podcast.
0:22.0	I don't care where you get them. I just want you to listen.
0:25.3	Don't threaten the people we need them to listen.
0:27.3	Oh, okay, okay, okay, sorry guys listen. Listen to us.
0:30.4	Yay! Yeah, put on a happy voice.
0:33.0	Really?
0:34.0	What more can I say?
0:35.0	You know what it is.
0:36.0	I mean, can jump. I think about the show
0:45.0	one thing that English speakers think about the show
0:50.0	and that Spanish speakers think about the show is that like, oh, this show is kind of weird. I bet it makes perfect sense in the other language.
0:58.0	And it sort of doesn't. So I think setting it in a completely fictionalized place allowed for us to expand on that.
1:08.0	Welcome back to Working. I'm your host Isaac Butler and I'm your other host June Thomas.
1:17.0	June this week you spoke to Julio Torres whose voice we just heard, Fred Armison and Anna
1:22.3	Fabrega about their HBO show Los Angeles. we just to
1:23.0	just heard, Fred Armisson and Anna Fabrega about their HBO show Los Espookies.
1:25.5	I'm so excited to hear that conversation,
1:27.5	but before we get to it, just to drag out the anticipation a little bit longer,
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